Anne Donovan

The Connecticut Sun will name Los Angeles Sparks assistant Curt Miller, 47, as the third coach in their history at a Thursday morning press conference at Mohegan Sun.

Miller, a former women's basketball coach at Bowling Green and Indiana, spent one season as Brian Agler's assistant after resigning his post with the Hoosiers two years into a six-year contract.

The Sun would not comment before the press conference.

Miller's hiring apparently ends a three-month search for Anne Donovan's replacement. Donovan resigned Oct. 1 after three years without a playoff berth. She was hired to replace Mike Thibault, fired after the Sun lost to Indiana in the 2012 Eastern Conference...

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